Storyline: When a tycoon's daughter is found dead of cocaine overdose after being rescued from abduction, he will stop at nothing to avenge her.

Storyline: When a tycoon's daughter is found dead of cocaine overdose after being rescued from abduction, he will stop at nothing to avenge her.

Plot: A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-fatherпїЅs body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.

Here is a treasure in the history of the pro-capitalist novel. Garet Garrett, author of The People's Pottage, tells the story of an upstart Wall Street speculator financier, Henry Galt, a shadowy figure who stays out of the limelight as much as possible until he unleashes a plan that had been years in the marking: he uses his extraordinary entrepreneurial talent to acquire control of a failing railroad.

Formed in 1967 by former Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, the Dutch quartet Shocking Blue originally had a lineup of VanLeeuwen on guitar, lead vocalist Fred DeWilde, bass player Klaasje Van der Wal, and drummer Cornelius Van der Beek, and the initial configuration of the band had a minor homeland hit with пїЅLucy Brown Is Back in TownпїЅ a year later in 1968. Things really got moving, though, when DeWilde was replaced by sultry singer Mariska Veres, whose sexy presence and solid singing brought the band a second Netherlands hit, пїЅSend Me a Postcard,пїЅ and then a huge international smash with пїЅVenusпїЅ in 1970 after the group had signed to Jerry Ross' Colossus Records imprint. Although Shocking Blue's albums (1968пїЅs Shocking Blue, 1969пїЅs At Home, 1970пїЅs ScorpioпїЅs Dance, 1971пїЅs 3rd Album, 1972пїЅs Inkpot, 1972пїЅs Attila, 1973пїЅs Dream on Dreamer, and 1974пїЅs Good Times) featured progressive rock elements and inventive arrangements thanks to VanLeeuwen's writing and production skills, the band was essentially marketed as a pop singles unit, and while they scored several subsequent hits in their homeland, none of the groupпїЅs releases approached the massive saturation success of пїЅVenus.пїЅ Veres left Shocking Blue in 1974 to pursue a solo career, and while there have been various reunions and different touring incarnations of the band over the years (including a version fronted by Veres in the '90s), its creative history ended then. VanLeeuwen later re-surfaced in the folk/jazz group Galaxy-Lin, while his most famous composition, пїЅVenus,пїЅ continued to see play on oldies stations. Veres died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 59.

Formed in 1967 by former Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, the Dutch quartet Shocking Blue originally had a lineup of VanLeeuwen on guitar, lead vocalist Fred DeWilde, bass player Klaasje Van der Wal, and drummer Cornelius Van der Beek, and the initial configuration of the band had a minor homeland hit with пїЅLucy Brown Is Back in TownпїЅ a year later in 1968. Things really got moving, though, when DeWilde was replaced by sultry singer Mariska Veres, whose sexy presence and solid singing brought the band a second Netherlands hit, пїЅSend Me a Postcard,пїЅ and then a huge international smash with пїЅVenusпїЅ in 1970 after the group had signed to Jerry Ross' Colossus Records imprint. Although Shocking Blue's albums (1968пїЅs Shocking Blue, 1969пїЅs At Home, 1970пїЅs ScorpioпїЅs Dance, 1971пїЅs 3rd Album, 1972пїЅs Inkpot, 1972пїЅs Attila, 1973пїЅs Dream on Dreamer, and 1974пїЅs Good Times) featured progressive rock elements and inventive arrangements thanks to VanLeeuwen's writing and production skills, the band was essentially marketed as a pop singles unit, and while they scored several subsequent hits in their homeland, none of the groupпїЅs releases approached the massive saturation success of пїЅVenus.пїЅ Veres left Shocking Blue in 1974 to pursue a solo career, and while there have been various reunions and different touring incarnations of the band over the years (including a version fronted by Veres in the '90s), its creative history ended then. VanLeeuwen later re-surfaced in the folk/jazz group Galaxy-Lin, while his most famous composition, пїЅVenus,пїЅ continued to see play on oldies stations. Veres died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 59.